After seeing a notable pullback in the previous week, first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits saw a modest uptick in the week ended April 13th, according to a report released by the Labor Department on Thursday.
The report showed that initial jobless claims edged up to 352,000, an increase of 4,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 348,000.
Economists had expected jobless claims to inch up to 347,000 from the 346,000 originally reported for the previous week.
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